i have known dealers who would drive to your house.. give you a ride.. be a friend.. i really think we need incentive to use the shops and clubs etc.. weed should end up costing something similar to cigarettes - then people can actually smoke something that wont kill them if they so choose..

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Exactly, people will only choose a dispensary if the cost benefits are worth it. Or if they are new smokers who don't know where else to get it. Again though, in a world where toking is 100% legal, the stigma around it goes away and at that point finding weed would be as easy as finding a bottle of jack.

I also think many people would simply start growing themselves because of how economical it is. Forget the dispensaries, can you imagine going to the local farmers markets and picking up a bag of freshly harvested bud?

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if that bill passes the prices per oz will actually be CHEAPER than normal. the average oz will probably go for around $150 + $50 tax. which is still dramatically cheaper.

either way I don't think you guys can really predict the prices because none of you are involved in perfect competition so there's no way to tell where the balanced price is at until it is finally legalized.

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Cigs are legal too, are taxed the hell out of and bootlegging IS ILLEAGAL. So what do you think? The cost is set at what the market will bear, yes, drug dealers are economists too!
The market is already set at what people will pay for it, so why would the people growing it, sell it for less? Then add in taxes. Alcohol is the same, luxury taxes are great ain't they?

So price as we know it may go down for what a grower sells for, but the actual cost to buy it legally in a store would go up if the government is involved, which they would be.. count on it.

Also, you would contend with your same dealer anyway who is likely going to raise his price to come closer to what they are in the store.

It's basic capitalism and economics. The price would increase to buy in stores as the market will bear the price as it's shown in a dry market.

Has anybody considered that prohibition of marijuana inflates it's price. When/If it becomes legal, I think it would be traded at the same price of other commodities of similar nature (like wheat and barely) which are traded at like $10 000 a Tonne, not $10 000 a Kg.

The marijuana market of today is still natural in the sense that the prices set by cannabis dealers in America are not motivated by competing dealers. Most dealers I believe, simply go with the first price they heard of, or the prices in the local community. This makes it a natural market because the price/weight/quality relationship is not based on capitalism ideas. The dealers are already busy making near 100% profit, if not more..

But if marijuana legalized.....

Expect change.

What kind of change can be expected? Well, lets think.... Alcohol is taxed. Tobacco is taxed. Drugs are taxed when you buy them at CVS, Walgreens, etc. Why shouldn't we expect marijuana to be taxed?

How to make the situation better:

1. A good picture of the current marijuana market would serve useful for the purpose of knowing the price/weight/quality relationship in most areas

2. Use this data to guide the new, regulated cannabis market.

Why do this? ...B/c mary J is just a plant, people will still prefer to grow their own as they find it to be a very good experience. While legalization may increase supply of weed, it doesn't mean the demand will fall upon the government and legal dealers to provide the marijuana for sale. People have been figuring out how to get it for years. And I'm sure not everyone wants the public to know they smoke weed... A good place to start this picture is DopeStats. It's relatively unknown since I don't have much time/money to talk about this thing, except for places like here. I'd really appreciate any comments you all may have. I'm just a guy in college with ideas..

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Health Canada has a company that grows some pretty good chronic in a mineshaft in Saskatchewan http://www.prairieplant.com/cannimed...marijuana.html. Price is $5/ gram no matter how many grams you buy. Now in the U.S. that may be considered extremely cheap but i can get QP's of mid grade chronic for $400-500 here in Ontario whereas the government stuff would equate to $560 a QP. Not bad for a market with a very small "audience", but if it were opened up to competition and a larger market you could literally get the price down to a dollar a gram .

Think of driving through the midwest and instead of seeing field after field of corn you saw field after field of Cannabis. It can be used to feed livestock (very high in protein) fuel cars, build homes, make clothes, heal, and on and on.... oh and lets not forget get us stoned

Most farmers are going to be growing hemp, it will most likely be cheaper to produce hemp then good weed.

Thanks buzz killington... But think if we turned all the excess hemp into bubblehash and honey oil.. come on now and be optimistic, what kind of stoner are you anyway??!

The price would have to go down. The free market and competition would create lower costs. The gov would make money off of the permits to sell it and yes they will tax the heck out of it. No worries I will still grow my own.